EDINBURGH Nike Air VaporMax Inneva Men's Summit White UK , Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Renowned Chinese film director Zhang Yimou, who's also known for directing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, made the overseas premiere of his new conceptual performance in Edinburgh Fringe Festival Saturday and Sunday.

Combining Chinese traditional arts and modern technology, and jointly performed by Chinese artists and foreign studios, the two-day show called "2047 Apologue" was sold out to around 2,000 audience.

As the director of the show Women's Nike Air VaporMax 2.0 Light Cream UK , Zhang Yimou delivered a video speech at the premiere, in which he said his new production is trying to touch on the question of "the relationship between human and technology, as well as the cultural collision and integration between China and the world, tradition and the future."

"It is not only a show or a story," he said, "but more like a reflection on puzzles that come with the rapid progression of technology."

Gorden, one of the audience, praised the artistic expression of the show, saying he was quite shocked and touched. "It uses a form I've never seen before."

Bao Yi, producer of "2047 Apologue", said that they chose Chinese Art and Culture Festival Men's Nike Air VaporMax Moc Cool Grey UK , which is organized under the framework of Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as their first overseas platform. Later this year, they plan to take the show to New York and Sydney.

Chinese Art and Culture Festival, organized by the Scotland-China Chamber of Commerce, has been held successfully for three consecutive years.

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is one of the largest art festivals in the world, covering a wide range of drama, music, dance, film and so on. It attracts millions of visitors from all over the world. This year Women's Nike Air VaporMax Flyknit 2.0 Hot Punch Grey UK , the Fringe runs from Aug. 4 to 28, with more than 50,000 artists and performers bringing over 3,000 performances.

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HO CHI MINH CITY Women's Nike Air VaporMax 97 Silver Bullet UK , Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam will compete in the cycling Asian Challenge 2015, which will be held in Sepang of Malaysia in April, announced the Vietnam Cycling Federation (VCF) on Thursday.

The Asian Challenge is a reputable championship in Southeast Asia for cyclists, and it will be the first time Vietnam has a representative to compete in the tournament, which is expected to provide Vietnamese athletes opportunity to horn their skill in the international arena, thus making contributions to the country' s sport sector Men's Nike Air Vapormax CS Triple Black UK , said VCF.

To prepare for the above-mentioned regional championship, the VCF and southern BenTre province' s Culture, Sports and Tourism Department will co-organize the National Suzuki Raider R150 Motorcycling Championship 2015, scheduled to be held on March 8 in Ben Tre province.

Racers will compete in both the professional and semi-professional categories. The best cyclist of the event will become Vietnam' s representative to compete in Asian Challenge 2015, said VCF.

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SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- South Korea planned to regain its wartime operational control from the United States within a five-year term of President Moon Jae-in Men's Nike Vapormax Flyknit Team Red UK , a lawmaker of the main opposition Liberty Korea Party said Friday based on documents submitted by the defense ministry.

According to Rep. Kim Hack-yong of the Liberty Korea Party, the Moon government set up a "three-stage roadmap" to recover its wartime command of South Korean forces from Washington by early 2020s.

It was at least three to four years faster than the planned transfer under the previous Park Geun-hye administration.

South Korea handed over its operational command to the U.S. forces after the three-year Korean War broke out in 1950. The country won back its peacetime operational control in 1994.

Under the three-stage roadmap, the Moon government will first build up its own defense capability by the end of next year under the current platform of South Korea-U.S. allied forces.

The second-stage was scheduled to kick off in 2019 to stage the joint South Korea-U.S. annual war games commanded by the South Korean military.

The third stage had yet to be decided upon, according the lawmaker who said the operational control transfer should be pushed for cautiously.

President Moon said in his speech Thursday to celebrate the 69th anniversary of Armed Forces Day that he aimed to regain the wartime operational control early from the United States.

To strengthen its standalone defense capability, Moon said the military should make all-out efforts to rapidly build a so-called "three-axis" defense platform, including the Kill Chain Men's Nike Vapormax Flyknit Cool Grey UK , the Korean Air and Missile Defense (KAMD) and the Korea Massive Punishment and Retaliation (KMPR), mostly for responding to possible attacks from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

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